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Found a couple puddles

Chatanuga Mar 31, 2008 10:02 AM

Back around the middle of February, one of my two cats left a puddle of urine in my upstairs hallway shortly before I woke up. I wasn't sure which one did it since both were running loose during the night. I got it cleaned up, and at the time, Casey was still in his kennel while I was at work. When I came home, Chessie had thrown up some of his food in a couple spots while I was at work. I got it cleaned up. He was just fine before and afterwards and was eating, drinking, and acting normal. I called my vet's office, and they said that it probably was nothing to worry about unless he started acting sick or kept throwing up.

This morning, I woke up, and I found a puddle of urine in my living room. I went to the kitchen to get some paper towels to clean it up and stepped in a second puddle on the kitchen floor. I got both puddles cleaned up. Both cats were acting fine when I left home for work so I don't know which one did what or if it was just one of them leaving the messes.

Does anybody have any recommendations on what I should check in terms of what might be causing this? I keep their litterboxes clean, cleaning them at least once a day (twice a day during the week). I also completely change out their litterboxes and wash them out once a month. The only common thing that the two times have in common is that it has happened on a Monday morning shortly before I wake up when both cats have the run of my place (just shut out of my bedroom so that I can sleep). And in both cases, I've seen them both using their litterboxes shortly after discovering the messes.
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Chessie and Casey Jones relaxing together.

Replies (2)

PHKitkat Apr 01, 2008 10:44 PM

Hi,

The first thing you should do is have a urinalysis done on both cats to rule out the possibility of a urinary tract infection and/or crystals. If the UA's are normal, you might want to try a special litter known as Cat Attract. You can also get this product in a litter box additive.

Keep the litterboxes even cleaner and I would scrub them out weekly instead of monthly. Scooping once a day isn't enough even with just 2 cats. Try to do it three times every day.

Take care, and good luck.

PHKitkat

Chatanuga Apr 02, 2008 09:55 AM

Well, one thing I'm gonna start this weekend is scooping the boxes twice a day. Since both times that one of them has gone outside of the box has been on a Monday, I'm leaning towards that being the reason since on Saturdays and Sundays I generally scoop the boxes out once a day rather than twice a day like I do during the week. If I notice anymore puddles after that, I will be contacting my vet to get them checked out.
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Chessie and Casey Jones relaxing together.

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